Re: Just about ready to give up!

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Thank you Cindi . Is my pure adrenal sublingual drops from cows the

same as the hyrocortisone you are taking? If not, that really scares

me. I had a cortisone shot years ago and gained 12lbs in 2-3 weeks. It

was too weird. Thanks!!

>

> > Also, after

> > that recent post on the dangers of adrenal cortex support, I am

> > worried about it.

> >

>

> I think this is an unfounded worry given the work of Dr. Peatfield and

> others.....heck, even the insert on Armour says don't use if there

is adrenal

> problems.

>

> But let me tell you my experience. I, like you, was having MAJOR

problems

> with insomnia. I started the Deltacortril 5 days ago starting at

2.5 mg. and

> just today went up to 5.0 mg. which I intend to stay on as long as I

feel

> necessary. I'm pretty much using Peatfield's protocol.

>

> Here's the difference for me. I had described before that although

my hypo

> symptoms were mostly gone...that I always felt like my body was

> " straining " .....just trying to keep up. That feeling is gone. Now

I just feel good.

>

> I also would crash after a really busy day. Last weekend, I was out

and

> about on both Saturday and Sunday. I assumed I'd be napping alot

on Monday.

> that was the day I took my first Deltacortril. Well, I never

crashed....and I

> have continued being up all day...and being busy all day....all this

week. No

> hypo symptoms. No bad feelings. I feel " normal " if such a thing

could be

> possible. And the past two nights I have slept soundly.

>

> So...there is a definite difference for me.

> cindi

>

>

>

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Hi Gossimer ,

No I have not had anything tested since the beginning of February. We

moved from TN to Canada (and thinking of moving back to Houston), so

it's not the same here in Canada. My doctor (knows diddly about

Hashi's) wanted to leave me on my current dose until July, even though

I told him at the time that it was too low and I was hoping for a

prescription. Anyway, he said wait until July, so I just said

" Whatever! I have ben self-treating this far, so I don't care " . I have

absolutely no idea what is going on there. I just know back in

February at 50 mcg of Levoxyl, my endo said my labs were now normal

with my TSH at 1.79 (1.72 something like that). Anyway, I have been

doing 1/4 grain increases, but I got impatient at 1 grain or so, so I

increased the last bit too quickly to 2 grains. SO, I had that

dreadful hyper stuff also. I thought I was going hypo and fast because

I have always had heart palps and arrhthymia problems. I have also had

that dizziness, fast heart rate, anxiety, more acne etc... I just

thought I was going hypo really fast or something. I am also going to

push to have them check my other antibodies (not the TPO. The TPO was

over 1000). My mother and her brother have had signs of hyper and

hypo, so maybe there is something there too. I don't know.

Well, thanks for posting to me. I guess I also need to have some

patients, from somewhere.

> Hi ,

> I am wondering, have you had your Free T3 or Free T4 tested recently?

> When you tried the adrenal stuff, ?how long did you take it? For

> some people it takes months for the adrenal to become fully

> effective. The same goes for Armour, it takes weeks and for some

> months for Armour to fully become effective.

>

> One thing that I have noticed is that for quite a few of us, we all

> jump on the band wagon for many products all at once, and we are

> never sure which one product is doing what part of the feeling

> better part. Armour is known for saying to treat the exhausted

> adrenal gland first, then WEEKS later start the Armour slowly.

>

> Unfortunately, a lot of us have felt horrible for way too long and

> we are impatient to feel better...Some of us are willing to do

> anything to feel better, the faster the better. So, we start off at

> a high dosage with the " Miracle Drug " Armour and forget that because

> we were not receiving an optimiun dosage for the Thyroid other

> glands have been trying to make up the difference. We finally hear

> of the possibility of health and get disappointed when not every

> thing comes right within a few weeks or months, depending upon the

> individuals patience.

>

> For me, every time I have started to feel better I, slowly, have

> returned to some of my old, pre armour days, I now increase my

> armour a 1/4 grain at a time and I slowly return to the newer

> energetic me...I have learned to increase really slowly, the closer

> I get to my optimum dosage... If I increased my dosage too fast I

> had the normal overdosed reactions: hyper signs...including heart

> palpatations which are really scary considering my currently

> physical condition.

>

> If I were in your shoes, I would settle into a dose of Armour,

> spaced out over three times a day and not add anything for a full 30

> days...Then add 2.5mg of Hydrocortisone in what ever form works for

> you, and than wait another 30 days. Then add 1/4 grain of Armour to

> your current dosage and wait for another 30 days...Nothing is going

> to make your body heal faster than time itself...rush it and you

> will continue to experience the roller coaster effect....

> It took you ?how long to get to the way you felt before you began

> this Armour journey???? It may take as long to begin to find the new

> you....

>

>

> Gossimer

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,

I am the opposite of you. I have NEVER moved!!!! In over 35 years!!!!

Of course part if it is that my parents bought this house in 1958 and

they didn't move either.

But now I want to move. Find a place I can call my own. And I already

know it's going to be hard leaving here but the longer I stay here

the harder it's going to be. I have found a townhouse I love so I

need to wait for my settlement from the car accident.

Louise - who is already dreading saying goodbye to the house I've

lived in all my life.

>

> I am re-thinking the adrenal thing again. Maybe I didn't give it

> enough time the first time around. Lord knows I have been one big

> stress ball my whole life. You know, I have counted all my moves in

my

> lifetime, and I have moved 28 times in my life (a couple I don't

> really remeber when I was very small). That's a lot. And because of

> this moving around, I can't stay in one place for more than 2 years

or

> so. SO, I think I bring some of the stress onto myself. I need to

> relax and chill, don't you think lol?

>

> I really do think that many hypos have this crazy chaotic

lifestyle.

> We all seem to be bright, intuitive, overly ambitious, and very

giving

> of too much of ourselves & to our own detriment. Just an

observation,

> but for the most part it it true I think.

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